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We stand next to the rich girl, watching a chain-gang digging the Great Western Railroad. As she looks into a worker’s eyes, her mind travels back to their past... on the wrong side of the tracks.

WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
Rob Russell Davies ©2005

She stands alone on a hill by the railroad
Looking down on a chain-gang layin' lines down below
She sees his eyes staring up through the dust clouds
And her mind travels back to a shanty house in the town

CHORUS:
Bolts and sleepers and iron
Turned to rubies and diamonds
She got the dream that she wanted
Trying hard not to look back
But the one thing she can't buy
Is a mem'ry that won't die
She can't resist crossing over
To the wrong side of the tracks

She married well, she married into the railroad
And soon the rags turned to riches, and soon the tracks turned to gold
But everyday she comes back to the hillside
To watch him slave for a dollar and see the pain in his eyes

CHORUS REPEATED

And the men sing and the blades ring
And the work is hard as hell
But looking through the dust she sees a working man
Who never sold himself

LAST CHORUS:
(4 Bars Instrumental)
She got the dream that she wanted
Trying hard not to look back
But the one thing she can't buy
Is a mem'ry that won't die
She can't resist crossing over
To the wrong side of the tracks (x3)